I'm still Floundering! 

LOL!

Well, blame it on the weather,

(although it's been a mild

winter, can't complain)

Blame it on too many things

to do...

( that is always a good excuse!)

Or even Blame it on Tax Time

( oh no!!! That's right around

the corner!)

But I'm still Floundering! 

(Grin)

Even though, I've kind of taken

some time off from all the 

ATC's Swapping and the 

Giveaways here on my blog,

I have been filling some of my

time with projects!

From my last post the 

Playing Card ATC Swap

is still in the works, almost finished

the deck of cards, (will post pictures when finished on my next blog post!)

... but got a little

motivated in another direction.....

I went to DeviantScrap.com

and low and behold a 

Fabulous New Graphics Kit 

from the Fabulous

Tumblefish Graphics!!

'Once Upon a Time'

That was it!

I opened up a new deck of

Playing Cards.....

And I was hooked! LOL!

Along with some Incredible 

Lazier Cut-Outs 

from the Fabulous

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

I just kept going making these!

But it didn't stop there!

3 a.m. in the morning, I jump 

out of bed with an idea!!!

Brooches!!!!

Then before I knew it I'd made 

a whole bunch of them!

So I kept ping ponging back

and forth between the 

Playing Card ATC's

and 

The Brooches,

and then...

Using some Fabulous Goodies

from

Retro Cafe Art Gallery, 

and a Playing Card that

I'd Altered using my own

Vintage Photo and Retro's 

Wonderful Lazier Cut-Outs

I came up with this 'Story Board'

as I like to call them:)

Just Listed in my shop

at

www.etsy.com/shop/birdnutsmixedmedia

along with the Brooches!

But wait! Sitting and looking

at all this fun work, I then got

motivated to do this...

(sorry I can't get the picture

any bigger on my blog, but here's

some more details)

So I bet you're sitting there

wondering, how on earth

did she jump from making

Altered Playing Card ATC's

to this....

tee hee...

well, remember this one...

Lets see if you all can

figure it out:) 

Bwhaaaa!!!!

Ok, I'll tell you:)

I used cut 'n' paste

of the background of this 

Altered Playing Card

and then blew it up

to get the background 

torn paper image

for the Journal Page.

So there you go...

a few sleepless nights,

and grabbing some 

afternoons for some

wonderful Art Time

Just Floundering away.....grin

So I hope you'll stop by

the Wonderful

Tumblefish Graphics

at

www.DeviantScrap.com

and of course

head on over to the

Fabulous

Retro Cafe Art Gallery!!

and if you have any

Cyber Shopping Time left

Hope you'll head on over to

my Etsy Shop

www.etsy.com/shop/BirdnutsMixedMedia

and have a Boo!!

I'm going back to

Floundering now...constructively! LOL!

Enjoy!

Post Valentines Floundering.....

(tee hee)

Hi Everyone, it's been a little

while since you've heard from 

me, and here's hoping you all

had a Lovely Valentines Day!

I've been so busy with not

just every day stuff, but 

also diving back into some

unfinished projects all in

preparation for the coming

Season of Workshops

that I'm hoping to be taking.

Artful Gatherings

is one of the Groups

that I can't wait to get

into the classes with!

They have a Fabulous Line Up

of Teachers this 2013 Year

with a Wonderful Variety

of Workshops to chose from!

Registration is Open!!!

So get on over there and check out

all the Fabulous Artist Teachers 

 and their

Workshops!!!

But in the meantime,

Another Project I'm trying to get

finished up at the moment is 

a Wonderful Playing Card 

Inspiration Swap at

In Search of Dessert

Jessica Brogan

is Hosting this Wonderful

Altered Playing Card Swap

and the Deadline has been

extended to March 29th,

so you do still have time to

stop by her blog (link attached)

to Enter! 

Keep in mind, that's 52 Playing Cards

to alter and get mailed so get going! 

LOL!

Here's the beginning of the cards

I've made

I got a little carried away, as these

are just the backgrounds! LOL!

I tore out pages from a soft

covered Moleskin Journal,

( believe me I thought long and

hard about doing it! GRIN)

Then using Dyan Reaveley's 

Fabulous Dylusions Ink Sprays

I sprayed the pages with a variety

of the wonderful colours Dyan has.

( And she's just released more

Fabulous Colours!!!)

From that point when the pages were

dry, I used one of my Favourite 

Stencils, and Mr. Tim's

Distress Stains

(All the new Fabulous Colours

from his Seasonal Series!)

Which I am so grateful to have

them all Thanks to a Wonderful

Girlie who treated me for

my Birthday and Christmas!

(You sweet Girlie 

Melissa Samuels!! GRIN)

Next I glued, and trimmed the

Moleskin pages to the Playing Cards.

Now that I have the 52 Playing Cards

Backs and Fronts done...I'll be

scrambling to get them done and

mailed! LOL!!

And then there are also all the 

Dollie's I've been making recently,

and only 1 left in my Etsy Shop!

I've been so honoured to have

sold them all and I'm loving 

that each Dollie's New Owner

are sending pictures of them 

hanging in their New Homes

Globally!! What Fun!!!!

And of course there's always

time to grab 

for a bit of journaling....

Oh man! Have I had fun with this

Journaling spread!

Using this Lovely Little Girl 

as my Muse from the Wonderful

Tumblefish Graphics at

DeviantScrap.com

And these Fabulous Lazier Cut-Out

Butterflies from the Wonderful

Retro Cafe Art Gallery!!

And adding tons of Glitter

and Colour and pen work and

moulding paste and stencils...

Walla!

So now you've seen just a few

reasons of why I've been 

late getting a Blog Post up

and running.....I think

they're pretty good excuses! HA!!!!

Enjoy!!!

(and see you soon:)

Noon Already!!

And we have a Winner!!!

That's right!

February 1st is already here!

Happy February Everyone!

Wasn't it Christmas yesterday?

HA!

Wonder how many of you

still have your 

Christmas tree up? GRIN:)

(I'm not telling! LOL!)

So here we are at the 

Deadline Date for 

Announcing the Winner

of the 

Wonderful $25 Gift Certificate

Giveaway from my Lovely

Co-Hostess this month

Deanna Jinjoe

of

A New Day Art Studio!!

I was pleased to have

Featured Deanne's 

New Shop!

And I hope you all went

and had a boo, as I showed

you before she has a wonderful

variety of goodies!!!

My Favourite being her

selection of the Moleskin

Journals!

And her own 

Handmade Journals

that she has Highlighted

in her Shop!!

Totally Yummy to work in!!!

Deanna is constantly

adding New Products

so make sure you

Bookmark and check her

New Shop often!!!

So here we go!

Using the Random Generator

Site we have a Winner!!

And the Winner of the

$25 Gift Certificate

to 

A New Day Art Studio is......

Joanna Grant!!!!!

Woo Hoo!!!

I'll be Emailing you Joanna!!

Congrats!!!!!

So Thank you to 

Deanna Jinjoe

and

A New Day Art Studio

and

Thank all of You 

for participating in another

Wonderful Giveaway

here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media!!!

You KNOW

I always appreciate it!!!

So here's a litte more

Mini-moleskin Journaling

from my latest pages....

and stay tuned, more

fun Giveaways Blog Posts

in the works!!!

my latest mini-moleskin

just in time for the New Year...

(with a little Tumblefish Graphics @DeviantScrap.com)

1st page, fun start of a new journal:)

...and I just kept going....

...and going...

...and going...

...... :) .....

..you get the picture...

Enjoy!!!